Words
Another walk at Waterloo before work. I'm pretty sure I take this same shot almost every time I go there. I forget now why I shot this one with my cell phone... maybe it was the morning that I got there only to find that there was no memory card in the camera... or the day that I left my zoom lens on and wanted the wide angle ... or maybe the battery died.... Lord knows, I've done them all.
Thinking this morning about the words that you DON'T want to hear when you arrive at work.
#1 has to be.... "Oh thank God... we're so glad you're here!" that is almost always followed by being told something that makes you really, really wish that you were NOT there!
#2 "We have a special project for you today." Special projects are generally anything but special.
#3. "I'm going to test your memory" or "Do you remember why you did.... " Oh God NO!! I don't remember... I never remember ... and then I spend the rest of the day trying to remember... or wondering WHY I never remember. Both are not good.
#4. " (insert the name of any co-worker here___) just called out, can you stay later and cover their shift?" Ugh.... is there EVER a time when you want to work more hours than you already have to work....? No.... there is not!!
#5 "The district manager just called...and...." The rest of this sentence always involves work that you now have to do that makes absolutely no sense at all.... key words being... that you HAVE to do it anyway. Ugh.
You probably have a few of your own.... don't you?! ; )
Today was a good day. Actually Monday is my favorite day of the week... and they left me alone... and didn't ask me any questions or make me do anything ridiculous. Yup, it was good! YEY!
I think I need a vacation. It's been a really really long time.... like over 2 years.... about the same length of time since I last saw a raise. I work in a place where no one ever gets a raise.... that's a story for another day.......
Words
Another walk at Waterloo before work. I'm pretty sure I take this same shot almost every time I go there. I forget now why I shot this one with my cell phone... maybe it was the morning that I got there only to find that there was no memory card in the camera... or the day that I left my zoom lens on and wanted the wide angle ... or maybe the battery died.... Lord knows, I've done them all.
Thinking this morning about the words that you DON'T want to hear when you arrive at work.
#1 has to be.... "Oh thank God... we're so glad you're here!" that is almost always followed by being told something that makes you really, really wish that you were NOT there!
#2 "We have a special project for you today." Special projects are generally anything but special.
#3. "I'm going to test your memory" or "Do you remember why you did.... " Oh God NO!! I don't remember... I never remember ... and then I spend the rest of the day trying to remember... or wondering WHY I never remember. Both are not good.
#4. " (insert the name of any co-worker here___) just called out, can you stay later and cover their shift?" Ugh.... is there EVER a time when you want to work more hours than you already have to work....? No.... there is not!!
#5 "The district manager just called...and...." The rest of this sentence always involves work that you now have to do that makes absolutely no sense at all.... key words being... that you HAVE to do it anyway. Ugh.
You probably have a few of your own.... don't you?! ; )
Today was a good day. Actually Monday is my favorite day of the week... and they left me alone... and didn't ask me any questions or make me do anything ridiculous. Yup, it was good! YEY!
I think I need a vacation. It's been a really really long time.... like over 2 years.... about the same length of time since I last saw a raise. I work in a place where no one ever gets a raise.... that's a story for another day.......